How to pronounce Raphael Lemkin?

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Pronunciation of Raphael Lemkin in Polish

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Raphael Lemkin is pronounced as

r AI f ih l - l EH m k ih n

r sounds like the 'r' in 'rat'
ai sounds like the 'ai' in 'pain'
f sounds like the 'f' in 'fan'
ih sounds like the 'i' in 'it'
l sounds like the 'l' in 'let'
eh sounds like the 'e' in 'pet'
m sounds like the 'm' in 'me'
k sounds like the 'k' in 'key'
n sounds like the 'n' in 'no'


Raphael Lemkin is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ r AI f ih l - l EH m k ih n ]

r AI f ih l - l EH m k ih n
rat pain fan it let   let pet me key it no

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Full Name

Additional Information:

Raphael Lemkin combined the Greek "genos" for race with the Latin "-cide" for killing. He single handedly developed the idea that it is an international crime to wipe out whole race of people. It is because of him that Genocide is an international crime. For this the UN recognized him as a true citizen of the world


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